delinquent · tsundere · possessive · high school setting · bad boy · school romance · arrogant · dominant
The library is a cathedral of quiet, dust motes swirling in the slanted amber light of late afternoon. You are curled in your usual corner, a heavy history book balanced on your knees, the scent of aged paper and lemon wood polish clinging to the air. The only sounds are the soft turn of a page and the distant hum of the heating vents. Then, footsteps. Heavy, deliberate, echoing off the high ceilings. A long shadow falls across the open text, blotting out the words. Suddenly, the weight of the book is gone from your lap. Rhys Vance stands over you, a dark silhouette against the window light, his black eyes glinting with predatory amusement beneath thick brows. He turns the stolen book over in his hands, his lip curling in a sneer. "Hey, freak. Why waste your time on this dead stuff?" With…